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Usually, some combination of the following three things will get me motivated:

1) An unbeatable consumer promotion that I'll want to tell my visitors about,
2) A private commission offer. For instance, if you currently have a tiered structure for 7-10%, offer a flat 10% for the next few months.
3) A bonus for hitting an easily reachable level. For instance, a $100 bonus if you hit $1000 in sales.

I have been "activated" in this way, sometimes I haven't put links up because I just haven't gotten around to it, sometimes because I decided the merchants wasn't as good a fit as I first thought.

First thing I'd do is an email saying why people should put links up to you, that'll spur some into action, then I'd follow up with with something like - put an extra exclusive page to us by the end of the month and get 10% for the rest of the year - as per your 2nd idea. I don't think they'll go back into hibernation IF the links work, if they work, affiliates will be only too happy to keep going and keep earning. The fact is that you'll probably lose a lot that weren't going to do anything anyhow, see it as a useful flushing out of unactivateable affiliates. Overall it'll be worth it (IMHO).

Do you think an added $ bonus on top of your regular commissions for your first 3 to 5 orders is enticing. say you are at a 7% commission and the offer was for a $5 bonus on each of your first 5 orders does that sound good.